Ultimate Baseball Trivia

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Did Mark Whiten do it?

I was thinking he did that (I couldn't think of his name), but I don't think he did it. Although, he had another record setting game.

On September 7, 1993, he gained notability with his performance against the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of a doubleheader. Whiten hit four home runs and drove in 12 runs,[1] tying the all-time single-game records in both categories in the process. He also tied the NL mark for runs batted in in a doubleheader (13). Whiten is one of only 16 players in major league baseball history who have hit four home runs in one game, and he and Jim Bottomley are the only two players with 12 RBIs in one game.

[Angel Oracle]

Whiten did not do it.   

There have been only THREE NL players who did it, two of them of course being Tatis and Willingham.

The third one is the shocker, and someone kind of alluded to that player earlier.

Edited October 23, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[Bruce Nye]

Cloninger was the pitcher who did it.

 

I think "No-mah" did it for the Red Sox.

[Bruce Nye]

I remember another one - Robin Ventura

[Angel Oracle]

Correct on Ventura (1995), Nomah (1999), and Cloninger (1966)..that's 5, only 8 to go, and all 3 NL players have been identified.  

 

Cloninger doing it as a pitcher is crazy.   The crazier thing is that he did it NOT in the Atlanta launching pad, but at Candlestick, a neutral or maybe pitchers' park.   I had just become a Halos fan about 2 months earlier (12 run inning in Fenway doing it), and hearing about Cloninger hitting 2 GS's in one game shocked me.

[Bruce Nye]

I think Jim Northrup did it for the Tigers in the 1960s

[Angel Oracle]

Northrup (1968) is also correct, and did it on consecutive pitches.

[fan_since79]

Do we have all the players named yet? I'm ready to post another question.

[Brandon]

Chris Hoiles with the Os. I think someone followed up Nomar or the next guy to so it was a Red Sox player, Bill Mueller?

[Angel Oracle]

Hoiles (O's, August 1998) is correct.    Mueller (Baahston, July 2003) is also correct.

 

Correct so far:  Northrup, Ventura, Hoiles, Nomah, Mueller, Cloninger, Tatis, and Willingham

 

Should I give out the other 5 AL players now?

Edited October 29, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[Angel Oracle]

Here goes for the other 5 AL players:   Tony Lazzeri was the first in May 1936, followed by Jim Tabor for Baahston in July 1939, then Rudy York for Baahston in July 1946, then Jim Gentile for the O's in May 1961, and Frank Robinson in June 1970.

Edited October 29, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

What do the following players have in common, other than the fact they were pitchers for the New York Yankees?

 

Wilcy Moore

Lefty Gomez

Red Ruffing

Johnny Murphy

Tiny Bonham

Spud Chandler

 

 

[Angel Oracle]

All spent their entire career with the Yankees?

[Bruce Nye]

Here goes for the other 5 AL players:   Tony Lazzeri was the first in May 1936, followed by Jim Tabor for Baahston in July 1939, then Rudy York for Baahston in July 1946, then Jim Gentile for the O's in May 1961, and Frank Robinson in June 1970.

 

 

I should have remembered Rudy York and "Robbie" - cool question AO.

[fan_since79]

All spent their entire career with the Yankees?

 

No, only Spud Chandler did.

[fan_since79]

I can see my question is not getting much response.

 

Hint: All six pitchers accomplished this in their time with the Yankees. The relevant years were 1932 to 1943.

[Angel Oracle]

Won 20 games in a season?

[fan_since79]

Not quite, although I haven't checked to see if that is also the case.

 

This question was inspired by a topic that was discussed on another thread yesterday.

 

Hint: Lefty Gomez did it twice, in 1936 and 1937.

Edited October 30, 2013 by fan_since79

[Angel Oracle]

Pitched the clinching WS game at least once?

The Yankees had a lot of practice, with some 8 WS titles from 1927-1943.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Angel Oracle

[fan_since79]

Yes! In fact, each won the clinching game for the Yankees in the WS.

Edited October 30, 2013 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

Wilcy Moore, in his first stint with the team, was an indispensable part of the 1927 Yankees. A 29-year old rookie, he won 19 games and had 13 saves with an AL best 2.28 ERA. He made 38 relief appearances along with his 12 starts.

 

In his second go-round with NY, he won the clinching game in the 1932 World Series. 

 

I must admit I never heard of him until today.

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/168854-baseballs-forgotten-pioneer

Edited October 30, 2013 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

This one is pre-1900.

 

The 1894 Philadelphia Phillies had four outfielders who each hit over .400 for the season. Three of them are in the Hall of Fame. Who are they?

Edited November 1, 2013 by fan_since79

[nate]

I just saw something on this.  I would be surprised if anyone knows it.

 

One of the guys has the same name as a really fast stolen base specialist for the Reds.

[Mark68]

Ed Delahanty

Sam Thompson

Billy Hamilton

 

All inducted by the Veteran's Committee.

 

Delahanty died at Niagara Falls in 1903 as an active player. The circumstances of his death remain suspicious.

Edited November 1, 2013 by Mark68

[fan_since79]

Hamilton scored 198 runs that year in only 132 games. He walked 128 times and stole 100 bases, including 7 in a single game.

 

The Phillies as a team hit .350 that year, an all-time record.